Updating Remote/2nd Router

[andihawes]

Dear Forum,

ive discussed elsewhere thr fact i have 5 SH2s in my house as repeaters, 1 conmnected to BB and 4 are cabled in corners of house/studio to extend wifi, and the merits +- of this over the WIFI points BT offer.. so not here to discuss this.

What id like to ask if how to update those remote SH2s. The 1 connected to the broadband [is this called my access point?] auto updates. Assume if i swap that temporarily for one of the other SH2s around the house, as these others have altered IPs to allow them all to work on single SSID, so a 2nd SH2 has IP of 192.168.1.253, that would not connect to incoming broadband therefore would not update?

Why do i want to? One example is my sons Roblox on PC drops out on the point hes connected to, but does not when hes next to main access point SH2. They are the same SH2s, strength is fine, ont change is SH2 firmwares.

[licquorice]

To update a hub it needs to be connected to line as the first device, it doesn't matter what IP address you have given it, that is just on the LAN side of things.

I very much doubt if any updates will fix any problems you may have.

[TECHHERO1984]

BT/EE wouldn't recommend setting up the network this way , having 2 SMart Hub 2's on the network wont work as only one Smart Hub 2 can be configured to the exchange, there other would only act as a LAN router.

There is a far better package that includes Wifi extenders call complete WIFI , you will be allowed up to 3 extenders as part of the package and they are included in the package price. 

https://youtu.be/FMZjznsFVxo

BT also offers a guarantee that if the wifi is not fully achievable in each room with all three extenders they give you £100.

This is a far better way of achieving what you want on your network.

[licquorice]

Re-purposing already owned hubs is a perfectly reasonable and cheap way of extending a home network.

BT/EE absolutely don't know or care about how your home network is configured

[TECHHERO1984]

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[licquorice]

You clearly are clueless

[TECHHERO1984]

you clearly are a troll 

[rbz5416]

@TECHHERO1984 

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@andihaweswrote:

I've discussed elsewhere...the merits +- of this over the WIFI points BT offer, so not here to discuss this.

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[andihawes]

i did uplug one of the extra ones and plugged it into wal socket, and it wouldnt connect to network. any idea why? i left it 15 - 20 mins to do so. it seemed to come online [blue circle] for a moment, then go off, no coloured circle and not able to connect to it cabled or wifi

[andihawes]

i appreciate this, but i know people who have issues, need closer discs in their house, so have 5-6 for a normal sized house. i think id need more. Plus i have a studio 100m down the garden which has an amoured network cable to it, so would need a different solution for this.

This system works really well for me, and my only issue is the uuodating of 'repeaters' and this Roblox issue.